SpotCrime - The Public's Crime Map

SpotCrime is now receiving regular data from the Syracuse Police Department (New York). The above crime map is an example of that data purposed on a Google Map. To see crime down the neighborhood level on SpotCirme - please click on the following link: http://spotcrime.com/ny/syracuse/neighborhoods

SpotCrime is now receiving regular data from the Frederick Maryland Police Department. The map image above shows the 300 most recent crime incidents. To see an interactive crime map of Frederick please click on the link below: http://spotcrime.com/md/frederick

Not only can SpotCrime's database map crime, it can also provide simple analytics of those crimes. This feature is easily accessed by, first, clicking on the state and then clicking on the red, circle like figure next to the crime map link. Analytics can provide you with some interesting information such as a pie chart of crimes by type for the past week and the current week. Also, it provides a crime graph that tracks the number of crimes over the last two months. An example of this type of graph is below. This graph tracks the number of crimes in Baltimore county by date for the past two months. It allows you to see the trends in crime. What is most interesting about this graph is that one can see that the peaks as well as some of the troughs of the graph coincide between the two months. I tried to see if those peak were all on the same day however, there was no trend between the day and number of crimes.

The Los Angeles Daily News reported yesterday that several rewards were offered for crimes that have been committed yet the criminal remains at large. Being unable to find one of the incidents, I decided to add one of the crimes using SpotCrime's "report a crime", a function that allows you to report crimes and once inputted will display on SpotCrime's interactive map (once you click "user reported" crimes). This is one of the ways we help citizens fight crime by allowing them disseminate information and report crimes themselves.

At SpotCrime, we hope to bring crime mapping to everyone. We even make our best efforts to cover smaller cities, such as Roanoke, Virginia. If there is a smaller city or area you would like to see mapped, please send us an email at nicholas.generous@spotcrime.com and we will see what we can do.

For the first half of the twentieth century, Birmingham's economy was based of heavy industry and manufacturing. In fact, it was the main hub for this industry in the South. However with the flight of manufacturing throughout the mid to late 20th century, Birmingham's economy eroded and crime began to proliferate. To combat this decay, the city initiated an urban renewal and economic development strategy that focused around the medical industry. Today, it is an example that it is possible to transform manufacturing cities into a post industrial economy. While our database cannot determine crime rate from the past, it is possible to take a look at its crime statistics from March 2009 to May 2009 and see hotspots.

Crime in Boise from March 2009 to May 2009. Boise is the capital and largest city in Idaho. In recent years, it has seen a large increase of inhabitants due to a growing economy (increasingly focused on high tech industries) and an agreeable, safe living habitat. This repute for safety and a lack of crime seems to agree with our data.